LARRY E. EBY
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West Chester, OH 45069 ac169c@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Highly experienced Program Manager with over 30 years of experience at delivering Data Center solutions to global clientele focusing on the infrastructure build out, logical/physical enterprise transfer, testing, and disaster recovery methodologies with respect to Cloud, Data Center, and/or Co-Location approaches.
Responsibilities include governance, alignment, assurance, management, integration, optimization, tracking, finances, infrastructure, planning, and improvement.
Trusted, results-oriented, and focused Infrastructure Project Manager with proven success in all phases of project management: Planning (both internal design and external Kick-off meetings), Execution (including risk management and resource management and allocations), Monitoring & Controlling (timeline, budget, and performance measures), and Closing (project closure & acceptance processing).
Coordinated all aspects of the relationship between Information Technology and various departments including gathering business requirements for new functionality, defining Return on Investment (ROI) opportunities, system design, execution and completion of initiatives or projects and maintaining high levels of service.
Gained trusting relationships through clear communication that provided positive and negative feedback to earn partnerships throughout the organization based on successful project completion.
Skills include:
Project Management
Databases
Programming Languages
Six Sigma Yellow/Green Belt Certification
Microsoft:
SQL Server: MS SQL Server 2000/2005
C, C++, OOP in C++
Lean Concepts and Principles
Oracle:
SQL, SQL Plus, PL / SQL
PMP Fast Track (PMI) Certification (updating)
DBA / Architectural Certification
Perl, Bourne Shell Scripts
Managing Project Communications
Distributed Database Implementation
SAS Language and Procedures
IT Requirements Gathering
Network Administration
New Features for Administrators
Tools:
Performance Tuning Workshop
Sales Force (CRM)
Backup and Recovery Workshop
Business Process Management Software (Contract Management)
Database Administration I
Teradata (Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence)
SQL / SQL Plus
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
PL / SQL
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Teradata: Enterprise Data Warehousing
Sagent Data Mart / Design Studio / Automation
IBM DB2 Design and Administration (MVS and RISC 6000)
Cognos Transformer / Impromptu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LOGICALIS, INC. – West Chester, OH 2013 - Present
Program Manager / Senior Project Manager 2013 – Present
Leads complex project deployments across all of Logicalis’ areas of expertise focusing on Data Center Infrastructure and Migration Solutions. He ensures successful data/environment migrations by focusing on detailed inventory, risk mitigation, application delivery optimization, and post-migration testing. He is currently the Program Manager leading the Logicalis PMO Extended Team for Data Center Converged Infrastructure, Storage, and Virtualization with significant program management experience with external and internal teams with respect to developing the plan to orchestrate projects, resources, timescales, monitoring and control.
Key Accomplishments include:
oComplete Data Center buildout and data migration
oCisco, HP, EMC, IBM, and Microsoft including UCCX environments and other technologies
oTechnical assessments in Call Center Operations, Cloud and various systems & network infrastructures
CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE – Cincinnati, OH 2000 - 2013
Senior Project Manager / Operations Manager 2007 – 2013
Designed and led cutting edge IT project that migrated manual / faxed customer contract creation to verbal contracts while collaborating with Legal Department and lead developers to ensure legally binding contracts and setting procedures for internal access. The project reduced processing time by 99.5% and added new revenues of $250,000+ annually; maximizing customer service by finalizing contract while on the phone.
• Lead large-scale IT initiative that empowered our business customer segment to manage their telecom lifecycle. The monthly automated data feed enabled end-users to manage their voice, data, and wireless needs – thus having greater visibility and control over their telecom spend. Received customer initiated distinction by establishing trust, rapidly resolving concerns, and successfully completing on time and under budget.
Managed the implementation of CBT’s new Cloud suite of products and technology space. This includes the adoption of a path for Content Management and integrated Portals vital it supporting the move of the client’s telephony (Dedicated Internet, Hosted VOIP, Enterprise Email, and Conferencing) and data backup needs.
Senior Project Manager / System Administrator 2003 – 2007
Earned fast track promotion to Senior Project Manager based on strong performance in process optimization, productivity improvements and by establishing long-term strategic goals for data architecture vision and data standards for enterprise systems across active / active data centers.
• Dramatically increased corporate market share and customer satisfaction by designing, developing, and implementing the Free Calling Project – a process that provided free calling between CBT wireless and business / residential land lines that reduced CHURN by 35% and remains in use today.
Architect / Project Manager 2000 - 2003
Teamed with two architects and three developers to design, plan and implement operational data store and corporate data warehouse for business and residential customer base. The project implementation now provides real time data for management decision making in a highly competitive industry.
Created strategies and plans for data capacity planning, data security, life cycle data management, scalability, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving.
IGM GLOBAL SERVICES (AK Steel) – Middletown, OH 1997 - 2000
Lead Developer / Data Mart Designer
Modeled, designed, implemented and administered a subject-oriented, time-variant, and nonvolatile Data Warehouse/Data Mart and two OLTP order-entry (24x7) databases. Utilized Oracle 8.0.5, Partitioning, Parallel DML, Sagent Design Studio/Data Collection, and Cognos Transformer/Impromptu 6.0 (cube builder).
LEXIS-NEXIS (Mead Data Central – MDC) – Dayton, OH 1992 - 1997
Project Lead (Sr. Software Engineer)
Re-engineered the architecture of the AutoCite “Gateway” from remote server to a distributed database. Implemented Oracle’s Snapshot feature that while powerful, was not widely used. Developed and performed both constructive and destructive test sce3narious along with detailed full and partial recovery options. Performed extensive refresh cycle capacity and tuning testing. Utilized Oracle 7.3 and 7.2.2 along with SQL*NET 2.1.3 using TCP/IP drivers.
EDUCATION
Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN – BS, with major in Mechanical Engineering Technology
With specialization in Computer-Aided Manufacturing / Engineering